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Research Article
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Municipal Waste Management and Environmental Hazards in Bangladesh |
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G. M. Jahid Hasan
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Md. Aktarul Islam Chowdhury
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ABSTRACT
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Municipal solid waste becomes serious environmental hazard and social
problem in Bangladesh. Currently a gigantic volume of solid waste is generated
every day in the district towns of Bangladesh and unfortunately solid waste
management is being deteriorated day by day due to the limited resources to
handle the increasing rate of generated waste. In order to check the waste management
situation, a detailed survey in different cities of Bangladesh has been done
in this study. Although a significant amount of municipal waste is collected
by community based organizations, conservancy wings of the cities can not dispose
more than 50% of the generated wastes. This study reflects the adverse impacts
of pollution through solid waste and deteriorating situation of municipal solid
waste management in capital city Dhaka, divisional city Sylhet, greater district
town Tangail and Rangamati and new district town Gazipur.
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